The Basketball Arbitral Tribunal represents international arbitrage in feld of basketball, which main task is solving disputable situations that arise in basketball. It has greatly contributed to regulating relations in professional basketball and it vastly helped in respecting signed contracts. As an independent body from FIBA, while still in cooperation, BAT enabled all interested parties to resolve disputes quickly, efficiently and cheaply. The procedure before the Tribunal is regulated by the BAT rules of arbitration, while proceedings is characterized by single arbitrator appointed by the BAT president, that the BAT arbitrators decide ex aequo et bono, and other rules aimed at shortening and simplifying the procedure. The Tribunal’s decision has res judicata effect and Tribunal has gradually built respectful jurisprudence so far. Although it is a recent date, Tribunal already has signifcant arbitration practice in its work so far. For all these reasons, this paper will analyze BAT arbitration rules and point out the most important points of this tribunal in resolving basketball disputes.Košarkaški arbitražni tribunal (BAT) predstavlja međunarodno arbitražno telo u svetu košarke, čiji je osnovni zadtak rešavanje sporova koje nastaju u košarci. Ovaj tribunal je u velikoj meri doprineo uređivanju odnosa u košarci kao profesionalnom sportu i poštovanju potpisanih ugovora. Kao nezavisno telo od FIBA, a ipak u sadejstvu sa krovnom košarkaškom organizacijom, BAT je omogućio svim akterima u košarci brzo, efkasno i jeftinije rešavanje sporova. Postupak pred Tribunalom je uređen BAT pravilima arbitraže, a odlikuju ga pravila o jednom arbitru, ex aequo et bono, izostanak saslušanja i druga pravila maksimalno usmerena ka skraćivanju i pojednostavljivanju postupka. Odluka Tribunala ima snagu presuđene stvari, a do sada je izgrađena respektabilna praksa u rešavanju sporova. Iako je novijeg datuma, Tribunal poseduje značajnu arbitražnu praksu u svom dosadašnjem radu. Zbog svega navedenog, ovaj rad će analizirati BAT arbitražna pravila i ukazati na najvažnije tačke ovog Tribunala u rešavanju košarkaških sporova
